Historical Performance and New Music Aesthetics and Practices

The early music revival and the new music scene have been inspiring each other and cross-pollinating for several decades. Historical Performance and New Music: Aesthetics and Practices presents a groundbreaking and comprehensive exploration of the dynamic relationship between these two domains by bringing together first-hand testimonies from some of the most authoritative, experienced, and original voices in both scholarship and practice. This pioneering work delves into the intertwining threads that connect early and new music, shedding new light on performance practice, instrumentarium, and notation. It is a must-read for composers and performers immersed in both realms, encouraging a reevaluation of the historical context of the early music revival and a broader outlook on contemporary repertoire, to the extent of redefining the boundaries of historical performance.

-Alon Schab, author of A Performer's Guide to Transcribing, Editing and Arranging Early Music